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flatulence

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈflæt͡ʃələns/
  • /ˈflæt͡ʃʊləns/
  • /ˈflæt(j)ʊləns/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The release of such gas; breaking wind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

pompously embellished language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: turgidity, turgidness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: prolixity, prolixness, windiness, long-windedness, wordiness

4

noun

Meaning 4

a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flatulency, gas

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition

History

Etymology

From French flatulence, ultimately from Latin flō (“breathe, blow”).

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аметеоризм (ametʼeorizm) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Arabic: نَفْخ (nafḵ) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Arabic: نَفْخَة (nafḵa) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Arabic: فسوة (faswa) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Central Bikol: sudol — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Bulgarian: флатуленция (flatulencija) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Bulgarian: метеоризъм (meteorizǎm) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Bulgarian: задържане на газове (zadǎržane na gazove) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Catalan: flatulència — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Cebuano: butod — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 屁 (pì) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脹氣 /胀气 (zhàngqì) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Czech: plynatost — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Danish: fjært — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Danish: vind — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Danish: fis — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Finnish: ilmavaivat — state of having gas in digestive system
  • French: flatulence — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Galician: flatulencia — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Galician: ventosidade — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Galician: peido — state of having gas in digestive system
  • German: Flatulenz — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Greek: μετεωρισμός (meteorismós) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Hiligaynon: butod — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Hungarian: felfúvódás — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Hungarian: felpuffadás — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Hungarian: flatulencia — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Ilocano: agbu — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Interlingua: flatulentia — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Irish: gaofaireacht — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Middle Irish: gáethamlacht — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Middle Irish: gáethmairecht — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Italian: flatulenza — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Italian: flato — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Italian: peto — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Italian: scoreggia — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Japanese: 屁 (he) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Japanese: 鼓腸 (kochō) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Kapampangan: atut — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Korean: 방귀 (banggwi) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Maranao: tamnok — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Old English: wind — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Pangasinan: lebag — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Polish: gazy — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Polish: wiatry — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Portuguese: flatulência — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Portuguese: peido — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Portuguese: pum — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Romanian: flatulență — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Russian: метеори́зм (meteorízm) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Russian: скопле́ние га́зов (skoplénije gázov) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Russian: флатуле́нция (flatuléncija) — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Scottish Gaelic: gaoth — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Scottish Gaelic: bramasag — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Spanish: flatulencia — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Spanish: ventosidad — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Spanish: flato — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Spanish: pedo — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Spanish: cuesco — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Swedish: väderspänning — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Swedish: gaser — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Swedish: flatulens — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Tagalog: kabag — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Thai: ท้องอืด — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Thai: ท้องเฟ้อ — state of having gas in digestive system
  • Waray-Waray: lagdos — state of having gas in digestive system